This ten-year plan sets a clear vision for a vibrant, cohesive public art program that celebrates the people, places, histories and stories of our region. From headland to hinterland, the Coast’s unique landscapes, rich Aboriginal heritage and diverse communities will guide the next decade of creative projects.

The plan will:

🌟Support high quality, purposeful public art

🌟Strengthen opportunities for local artists

🌟Activate spaces across the Coast through festivals, events and cultural infrastructure

🌟Honour the cultural knowledge and traditions that shape our shared identity

With this plan in place, Council is committed to delivering a dynamic, culturally rich experience across the Coast that reflects and celebrates our community.

Between 26 February and 18 March 2024, the local community provided input into the development of the public art plan.

The draft Public Art Plan and Policy was then on public exhibition between 28 July and 14 September 2025.

What public art can do for the Central Coast

Public art seeks to enrich public spaces within our community. Public Art is any art within public spaces like parks, streets, buildings and other areas and is freely accessible for public use. It can take many forms ranging from large permanent sculptures to a small projection project.

The Draft 10-year Public Art Plan and Draft Public Art Policy provides frameworks for Council to approach the support, delivery and maintenance of public artworks. They seek to provide pathways and opportunities for community and local artists to contribute to local identity, culture and placemaking.

Community was asked to provide feedback via the survey to ensure that our Public Art Plan and Policy provides meaningful enrichment to our community.

Submissions were accepted between 28 July 2025 and 25 August 2025, by either:

• online: submission form (survey link above)
• email: engagement@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au or
• post: PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259.

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Between 26 February and 18 March 2024 we sought community input to develop a public art plan for the Central Coast.

Public art engages, tell stories, evokes conversations and creates a sense of place.

We see this as an opportunity to support the Central Coast’s thriving and diverse creative community.

Our approach to public art will be focused on local, placing the community and its creative practitioners at the heart of the plan. Our deliverables will drive access to creative outputs, and prioritise opportunities to engage, nurture and support local artists at all career stages. This plan will outline how we can deliver a suite of actions to support the delivery, management and assessment of permanent and temporary public art for the Central Coast community.

The 10-year Public Art Plan will outline:

• A cohesive vision that all public art projects can use as a conceptual foundation
• Opportunities for local artists and artists beyond the region to develop public art on the Coast
• Frameworks that identify and invest in the development of largescale public art works.

The community engagement will also inform:

• Guidelines for community members, businesses and developers to invest in local public art of all scales
• A Public Art Policy that refers to processes and tools that invest in developing public art, and managing the entire lifecycle of a project.

In February and March we asked you to complete a survey to help us understand community values around public art. We ran focus groups with targeted stakeholders.

You can view the results in the summary under Document Library from May 2024.